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This invention relates to new polydiorgano-
siloxane compositions that are curable with radiation;
to a method of preparing a coated substrate using said
compositions and to the coated substrate produced
^ thereby.
In particular, this invention relates to
certain mercaptoalkyl- and vinyl-containing polydi-
organosiloxane compositions which, when applied to a
substrate such as paper and exposed to energetic
radiation such as ultraviolet light, will cure
rapidly to produce a coating, adhered to the substrate,
that provides premium release of aggressive acrylic
adhesives.
Polyorganosiloxanes have been used for a
long time to coat solid substrates, such as paper,
to improve the release of adhesive materials therefrom.
As the adhesive properties and holding power of adhesive
materials have improved, the need for improved release
coatings has increased. Improved release coatings have
also been required by other factors such as increasing
environmental concerns, a desire for faster coating and
curing processes, and a need to lower process energy
costs.
Solventless, radiation-curable coatings have
thus been sought that would provide premium release -
of aggressive acrylic adhesives. A coating is
considered to provide premium release if a ~orce of
not more than 38.61 newtons per meter (100 grams/inch)
as measured by the method hereinafter described, is needed
to remove the adhesive from the coating. An aggressive
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adhesive is a material that requires a force of at least
approximately 460 newtons/meter (N/M) to remove the
adhesive from a stainless steel surface using said method
of measuring.
Mercaptoalkyl- and vinyl-substituted silanes, `
siloxanes and polysiloxane compositions are not new;
but only recently has the reaction of silicon-bonded
mercaptoalkyl radicals with silicon-bonded vinyl radicals
been used to convert a fluid polyorganosiloxane
composition to a solid material having useful properties
such as hardness and adhesive release.
Low-temperature, fast-curing electrical and
coating resins consisting essentially of certain
mercaptoalkyl-containing sil~xane resins, a methylvinyl-
polysiloxane compatible with the resin and certain
gelation inhibitors are disclosed and claimed by
Michael, et al., in U.S. Patent No. 3,873,499. The
compositions of Michael, et al., are curable with
ultraviolet light, electron radiation or free-radical
generators. Without the gelation inhibitor the mixture
of resin and polymethylvinylsiloxane will spontaneously
cure at room temperature in a relatively short period
of time.
Viventi, U.S. Patent No. 3,816,282, disclsses
and claims an organopolysiloxane composition, curable
at room temperature in the presence of electromagnetic
and particulate radiation, comprising a high-molecular-
weight organopolysiloxane wherein a small percentage,
for example from 0.1 to 2 percent, of the silicon-
bonded organic radicals are vinyl; an organopolysiloxane
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fluid having mercaptoalkyl substituents and from 0.025to 1 percent by weight of certain free-radical
photosensitizers. The compositions of Viventi can be
cured in a period of time as short as 5 to 10 minutes
' or as long as 2 to 4 hours. Even 5 minutes is an
undesirably long cure time for many commerical applications,
especially in the paper coatings industry. A curable
composition with a cure time of less than 60 seconds,
and preferably less than 5 seconds, is desired.
Gant, in Belgian Patent No. 814,034 dated
April 22, 1974, discloses and claims a composition,
curable on exposure to ultraviolet light, consisting
essentially of a siloxane ha~ing silicon-bonded hydrogen
atoms and/or a mercapto-unctional-containing siloxane;
a vinyl-containing siloxane and a photosensitizer. In
the compositions of Gant the mercapto-functional-containing
siloxane can be any siloxane consisting essentially of
from 0.1 to 100 mole percent of units of the formula
Y x (4-x-y)/2~ any other siloxane units
having the formula R''''zSiO(4 z)/2' wherein R" is an
alkylene radical, R''' and R"" are monovalent hydrocarbon
radicals and/or monovalent halogenated hydrocarbon
radicals, x is 0-2, y is 1 or 2, z is 0-3, and x ~ y is
1-3. The vinyl-containing slloxane in the compositions
of Gant consists essentially of from 0.1 to 100 mole
percent of units of the formula (CH2=CH)RnSiO(3 n)/2~ any
non-vinyl containing units having the formula R'mSiO(4 m)/2
wherein R and R' are monovalent hydrocarbon radicals
and/or monovalent halogenated hydrocarbon radicals,
n is 0-2 and m is 0-3. For every mercaptoalkyl radical
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there is from 0.01 to 100 vinyl radicals in the
composition of Gant.
Gant, in British Patent Specification No. 1,433,461,
discloses and claims a method of treating a solid substrate
to improve release of adhesive materials therefrom comprising
applying the compositions of the noted Belgian patent to ;
said substrate and curing the applied composition by
exposing it to ultraviolet light.
Certain compositions within these broad
boundaries have been shown by Gant to be useful as a
U.V.-curable paper coating for releasing adhesive materials.
However, these compositions do not provide the premium
release that is needed for aggressive acrylic adhesives,
especially acrylic adhesives of the curing types.
It is an object of this inven~ion to provide
a polydiorganosiloxane composition which is curable on
exposure to energetic radiation and which, in the cured
form, has improved release of adhesive materials.
It is another object of this invention to
provide a method of treating a substrate to provide
premium release of aggressive acrylic adhesives therefrom.
It is a further object of this invention to
provide an article comprising a solid substrate having
adhered thereto a cured polyorganosiloxane coating which
provides premium release of aggressive acrylic adhesives
applied thereto.
These and other objects, which will be obvious
to one skilled in the art after considering the following
disclosure and appended claims are achieved by preparing
the radiation-curable polydiorganosiloxane compositions
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of this invention consisting essentially of a mixture : :
of a triorganosiloxane-endblocked polydiorganosiloxane ~.
having silicon-bonded mercaptoalkyl radicals and a
methylvinylpolysiloxane, applying said radiation-curable
composition to a solid substrate and exposing the : ~-
applied composition to energetic radiation to provide
the article of this invention comprising a substrate
having a cured coating adhered thereto that will provide ~-~
premium release of aggressive acrylic adhesives.
This invention relates to a radiation- -
curable polydiorganosiloxane composition consisting
essentially of a mixture of (A) a triorganosiloxane-
endblocked polydiorganosiloxane fluid having a viscosity
of at least 0.5 pascal-seconds at 25C " wherein from
50 to 99 percent of all organic radicals are methyl,
from 1 to 5 percent of all organic radicals are mercapto-
alkyl having the formula -(CH2)nSH, wherein n has a
value of from 1 to 4 inclusive, any remaining organic
radicals in (A) being alkyl radicals having from 2 to 6,
inclusive, carbon atoms or phenyl, and (B) a methylvinyl-
polysiloxane compatible with (A) and having an average of
at least three vinyl groups per molecule, the amount -
of (B) being sufficient to provide from 0.2 to 1.0
silicon-bonded vinyl radicals for every silicon-bonded
mercaptoalkyl radical in the composition.
This invention also relates to a method of
treating a solid substrate to improve the release of
adhesive materials therefrom, said method comprising (I)
applying to the substrate the radiation-curable
polyorganosiloxane composition obtained by mixing
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components consisting essentially of (A) and (B),
(II) exposing the applied mixture to energetic
radiation and (III) recovering an article
comprising the substrate having adhered thereto ;
a cured polydiorganosiloxane that will provide
premium release of aggressive acrylic adhesives
therefrom.
Component (A) is any triorganosiloxane-
endblocked polydiorganosiloxane of the formula
R3SiO(R2SiO)qSiR3 wherein the value of q is such that
the viscosity of the polydiorganosiloxane has a value
of at least 500 centipoise (0.5 pascal-seconds) at
25C. Each R radical may be, independently, an
alkyl radical of from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, such as
methyl, ethyl, isopropyl, butyl, pentyl, hexyl, and
cyclohexyl; or a phenyl radical or a mercaptoalkyl
radical. Suitable mercaptoalkyl radicals have the
formula -(CH2)nSH, wherein n has a ~alue of from 1
to 4, such as -CH2SH, -CH2CHzSH~ -CH2CH2CH2SH and
-CH2CH2CH2CH2SH. Mercaptopropyl radicals are
preferred because of synthesis, stability and odor
considerations. From 50 to 99 percent of all R
radicals are the methyl radical. It is preferred -
that each silicon atom in (A) have at least one silicon- -
bonded methyl radical. From 0 to 5 percent of all
R radicals are the phenyl radical. Preferably, the number
of phenyl radicals is as small as possible, for example -
as endblocking radicals, because the cure rate of radiation-
cured compositions is retarded by the presence of phenyl
radicals. From 1 to 5 percent of all R radicals are
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mercaptoalkyl radicals. Mercaptoalkyl radicals may be
bonded to any of the silicon atoms in (A) but it is
preferred that a majority of mercaptoalkyl radicals are
non-terminal, i.e. are bonded to non-terminal silicon
atoms.
Polydiorganosiloxanes that are preferred as
component (A) therefore have two methyldiorganosiloxane
endblocking units per molecule, such as (CH3)3SiOl/2,
(CH3)2(HSCH2CH2CH2)SiOl/2 and C6H5(CH3)2SiOl/2,
methylorganosiloxane units, such as (CH3)2SiO,
CH3(C6H5)SiO, and CH3(Ci~3CH2)SiO and methylmercapto-
alkylsiloxane units, such as CH3(HSCH2CH2)SiO and
CH3(HSCH2CH2CH2)SiO. A polydiorganosiloxane
consisting of ~CH3)3SiOl/2 units, (CH3)2SiO
CH3(SHCH2Cf~2CH2)SiO units is highly preferred. While
polydiorganosiloxane (A) is described as consisting of
triorganosiloxane units and diorganosiloxane units, it
is to be understood that there can be in (A) small
amounts of RSiO3/2 units that are normally present as
impurity units in commercial polydiorganosiloxanes.
The viscosity of component (A) should have
a value of at least 0.5 pascal-seconds (Pa.s) at 25C. -
so that the mixture of (A) and (B) will have a viscosity
such that the mixture can be conveniently applied
to a substrate and cured. There is no known upper
limit for the value of the viscosity of (A); however,
the viscosity of the mixture of (A) and (B) should be
sufficiently low so that said mixture can be readily
applied to the substrate. For general applications a
practical upper limit for the viscosity of the mixture
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of (A) and (B) is approximately 100 Pa-s. For paper
coating applications, a preferred upper limit for the ,
viscosity of a mixture of (A) and (B) is approximately
1~ Pa-s. If the viscosity of the mixture of (A) and
(~) is undesirably high, any common volatile organic
solvent, such as benzene, toluene, methylene chloride
or cyclohexane can be admixed with the mixture to reduce
the viscosity of the mixture of (A) and (B) to a value
of no more than 100 Pa-s at 25C., preferably no more than
10 Pa-s at 25C. for paper coating applications. Preferably
component (A) has a viscosity of from 0.5 to 100 Pa-s '
at 25C. for general applications and a viscosity of
from 0.5 to 10 Pa-s at 25C. for paper coating applications.
Component (A) may be prepared by any suitable
method that can be used or the preparation of
triorganosiloxane-endblocked polydiorganosiloxane bearing
mercaptoalkyl radicals. For example, in one method
a silane bearing silicon-bonded hydrolyzable radicals and
at least one mercaptoalkyl radical, such as
(HSCH2CH2CH2)(CH3)Si(OCH3)2 is hydrolyzed and condensed
to prepare a mixture of cyclic and silanol-endblocked `
polyorganomercaptoalkylsiloxanes which is then mixed with an
appropriate amount of a suitable diorganocyclopolysiloxane
such as dimethylcyclopolysiloxane, an appropriate amount of a
suitable endblocking source such as a triorganosiloxane-
endblocked siloxane such as decamethyltetrasiloxane and
hexamethyldisiloxane and an acid catalyst such as CF3SO3H
and heated for from 3 to 8 hours. Alternately, a mercapto-
alkyl-containing cyclopolysiloxane such as [(HSCH2CH2CH2)-
(CH3)SiO]V may be used in place of the polyorganomercapto-
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alkylsiloxane mixture in the method recited above. Other
methods for preparing component (A) will be obvious to
one skilled in the silicone polymer art.
Component (B) is any methylvinylpolysiloxane
which is compatible with component (A) and which has
at least three silicon-bonded vinyl radicals per molecule.
By the term methylvinylpolysiloxane it is meant that essentially
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all of the siloxane units of (B) are methylvinylsiloxane
units. Of course, it should be understood that component
(B) may have minor amounts of other siloxane units such as
diorganosiloxane units such as (CH3)2SiO; triorganosiloxane
- endblocking units, such as (CH3)3SiOl/2 and (C6H5)(CH3)(CH2=CH)-
; SiO1~2i organosiloxane units such as CH3SiO3/2 and
CH2-CHSiO3/2 and hydroxysiloxane units such as hydroxydiorgano-
siloxane units such as (HO)(CH3)(CH2~CH)SiOl/2 and
(HO)(CH3)2SiOl/2 without departing from the spirit of this
invention as long as the presence of said other siloxane units
in component (B) do not a~versely effect the premium release
of the cured composition of this invention. Component (B)
may be cyclic, linear or branched as long as it is
compatible with (A). For example, component (B) may be
a methylvinylcyclopolysiloxane or a hydroxy-endblocked
methylvinylpolysiloxane such as HO[CH3(CH2=CH)SiO]zH
or a triorganosiloxane-endblocked methylvinylpolysiloxane
such as ~cH3)3sio[cH3(cH2=cH)sio}zsi(cH3)3 and
(CH3)3SiO[CH3(CH2=CH)SiO]Zsi(cH2)2(CH=CH2). Furthermore,
component (B) may be a single methylvinylpolysiloxane or
a mixture of methylvinylpolysiloxanes such as a mixture
of linear and cyclic methylvinylpolysiloxanes. Component
(B) is preferably a methylvinylcyclopolysiloxane
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having from 3 to 10 silicon atoms per molecule.
Furthermore, the methylvinylcyclopolysiloxane may
be a single methylvinylcyclopolysiloxane, such as a
methylvinylcyclotetrasiloxane or it may be a mixture of
two or more methylvinylcyclopolysiloxanes. Most
preferably, component (B) has the formula `
[CH3~CH2-CH)SiO]z, wherein z has a value of from 3 to
10 inclusive.
Methylvinylpolysiloxanes are well known in
the organosilicon art. They can be prepared by any suitable
method for the preparation of diorganopolysiloxanes. A
convenient method is to hydrolyze methylvinyldichlorosilane
and distill the volatile methylvinylcyclopolysiloxanes.
The addition of suitable endblocking species such as
trimethylchlorosilane to the hydrolysis mixture will
result in endblocked linear poly(methylvinylsiloxanes)
which may also be distilled.
The compositions of this invention are prepared
by mixing the triorganosiloxane-endblocked polydiorgano-
siloxane (A) with an appropriate amount of the methyl-
vinylpolysiloxane (B) in any suitable manner such
as blending, stirring, milling and tumbling. Although
not required, the use of solvents and/or heat to aid this
mixing process is possible. Any solvents that are used in
the mixing process may be removed before or after the
compositions of this invention are applied to a substrate.
An appropriate amount of component (B) that
is to be mixed with component (A) is an amount such that
there are from 0.2 to 1.0 silicon-bonded vinyl radicals
in (B) for every silicon-bonded mercaptoalkyl radical in
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component (A). Compositions in which the ratio of vinyl
radicals to mercaptoalkyl radicals has a value of less
than 0.2 have been shown to provide cured coatings that
display premium release of aggressive acrylic adhesives,
but said coatings do not possess the preferred adhesion to
paper. When said ratio has a value of greater than 1.0
the cured compositions of this invention do not provide
premium release of aggressive acrylic adhesives.
The compositions of this invention may also
contain ingredients that are common to radiation-curable
compositions such as photosensitizers and gelation
inhibitors. An effective amount of said ingredients may
be determined by simple experimentation.
A radiation-curable composition is more useful
if it does not cure or gel at room temperature for a ;;
period of at least 8 hours, preferably for at least 24
hours, after being prepared. The compositions of this
invention have been found to be free of gelation for
more than 48 hours at room temperature in the absence of
radiation. However, in certain instances, it may be
desired to assure that no gelation occurs over a period
of weeks or months. To this end a gelation inhibitor may be
admixed with the compositions of this invention at any time
prior to curing or gelation of the composition. Any suitable
gelation inhibitor may be used in the compositions of
this invention, but the best inhibitors known to the inventors -
at this time are dihydric phenols and their alkylated
derivatives. More particularly, the inhibitors are
pyrocatechol or hydroquinone or monoethers thereof or
alkyl-substituted hydroquinone or pyrocatechol or monoethers
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thereof. These materials are described in "Stabilization
of Polymers and Stabilizer Processes," a publication of
the American Chemical Society, 1969. These inhibitors are
effective in concentrations as low as approximately 50 parts
per million parts of (A) plus (B), on a weight basis. ;
To increase the rate of cure of the compositions
of this invention under the action of ultraviolet light, and
thus decrease the minimum cure time, it is desirable to use
an effective amount of a photosensitizer. Any suitable
photosensitizer may be used such as the well-known aromatic
ketones such as acetophenone, benzophenone, dibenzosuberone
and benzoin ethyl ether and azo compounds such as
azobisisobutyronitrile. Any suitable photosensitizer may
be admix0d with the compositions of this invention at any
time prior to the curing of said compositions. These
photosensitizers are effective in concentrations as low
as approximately 500 parts by weight for every one million
parts by weight of (A) plus (B).
The compositions of this invention may contain
other non-essential ingredients such as pigments and rheology
control additives which will neither interfere significantly
with the radiation cure of the composition nor produce
non-premium release of aggressive acrylic adhesives from the
cured composition.
The compositions of this invention are useful
as radiation-curable release coatings, paint additives, coil
coatings, textile treatments, water-repellant coatings,
inks and the like.
The compositions of this invention may be
applied and cured to any suitable solid substrate such as
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cellulosic materials such as paper and wood; metals such as
aluminum, iron and steel; plastics such as polyethylene or -
polypropylene films or sheets, polyethylene or polypropylene
films on other surfaces such as on paper, polyamides such
as nylon and polyesters such as Mylar~, (registered
trademark of ~. I. DuPont de Nemours, Wilmington, Delaware);
and siliceous materials such as ceramics, glass and concrete.
The compositions of this invention are particularly ~ -
useful as release coatings for paper or plastic coated paper. -
Said compositions may be applied in a thin layer to the ~-
surface of paper to provide a coating with a mass of
approximately one gram per square meter of coated paper. In
the cured form these thin coatings will release aggressive
acrylic adhesives with a force of no more than approximately
38.61 newtons/meter as measured by the method hereinafter
described. It is to be understood that said coatings may
also be applied in thinner or thicker layers as long as
the radiation cure of the coating is not impaired. In
the paper release coating art the amount of release -
coating will generally vary from approximately 0.1 to
2.0 grams per square meter.
In the method of this invention the compositions
of this invention are applied to a substrate by any suitable
method such as brushing, dipping, spraying, rolling and
spreading. Application of said compositions to paper
may be done by any of the suitable methods that are well-known
in the paper coatings art such as by a trailing blade coater,
by an air knife, by kiss rolls, by gravure rolls, by
printing or by any other known method. The compositions
of this invention may be applied to the entire surface of
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a substrate or to any portion thereof, as desired.
After the composition has been applied it is preferred
to remove any solvents that may be present in the applied
composition. Preferably the mixture of tA) and tB)
has a viscosity such that no solvent is required to aid
in the preparation of the composition or in the
application of said composition to the substrate.
The applied composition of this invention is
cured by exposing at least a portion thereof to energetic
radiation for a length of time sufficient to cure the
exposed composition and to adhere the exposed composition to
the substrate. The cured state of the composition is determined `
by the Scotch~ (registered trademark of 3M Company, Minneapolis,
Minnesota) tape test hereinafter described~ To be effective
as a release coating on a solid substrate the applied, cured
compositions of this invention must adhere to the substrate
with an adhesive force that is greater than the adhesive force
between the cured composition and the adhesive to be
released. Preferably the applied, cured composition should
pass the rub-off test, hereinafer described. It
should be understood that the entire applied composition
can be exposed to radiation and cured or only a portion
thereof may be exposed and cured and any uncured composition
subsequently removed, as desired.
Energetic radiation, for the purposes of this
invention, is radiation selected from the group consisting
of actinic radiation such as ultraviolet light, X-rays
and gamma rays and particulate radiation such as alpha
particles and electron beams. The length of time that
the compositions of this invention should be exposed
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to the energetic radiation, in order to cure said
composition and to adhere it to the substrate, will
depend upon the energy of the radiation and the intensity
of the radiation that is incident on the composition.
Furthermore, the effectiveness of incident radiation is
dependent upon several factors. For example, it is known
that low energy electron beams are more effective in an
inert atmosphere such as nitrogen, than in air. We have
also found that the adhesion to paper and the minimum -~
cure time for the compositions of this invention that are
exposed to ultraviolet light are directly proportional to
the oxygen content of the atmosphere between the composition
to be cured and the ultraviolet light source. Of course,
it is well known that the intensity of the incident radiation is
also inversly proportional to the distance between the energy
source and the composition. Whatever form of energetic
radiation is used in the method of this invention, the
compositions of this invention are exposed to it for a length
of time sufficient to cure the composition and to adhere it
to the substrate.
Ultraviolet light is a preferred form of
energetic radiation for curing the compositions of this
invention because of its relative safety, lower cost and
lower power requirements. Ultraviolet light is also
preferred because it provides cured coatings that have
preferred levels of adhesion to paper. Furthermore,
ultraviolet light that contains radiation having a wave
length of from approximately 200 to 400 nanometers
is highly preferred for the method of this invention
because such radiation will cure a composition of this
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invention, that has been coated on paper, within 5
seconds, as detailed in the following examples.
The compositions of this invention and the
method of this invention uniquely provide for the
preparation of articles comprising a substrate having
adhered to at least a portion of its surface a cured
polydiorganosiloxane coating that will release aggressive
acrylic adhesive with a force of no more than approximately ~ - `
38.61 newtons per meter.
The best way to practice this invention is
detailed in the following examples which are provided ~
to further exemplify the invention and are not to be --
construed as limiting the invention which is properly
delineated by the appended claims. All parts are parts
by weight and all viscosities are at 25C. All release
data were measured in grams per inch and converted to N/m
for this application by multiplying by 0.3860886 and
rounding off.
Example 1
A three-necked resin kettle fitted with a
mechanical stirrer, reflux condenser and addition funnel
was charged with 43.5 parts of HO[CH3(HSCH2CH2CH2)SiO]UH
and 4 parts of hexamethyldisiloxane. The stirred mixture
was heated to 70-80C., 0.25 parts of CF3SO3H was added
to the warm mixture and heating was continued at 70-80C.
for an additional 30 minutes. Over a period of one hour,
456.5 parts of dimethylcyclopolysiloxane was added to
the resin kettle and the reaction temperature was maintained
at 80-90C. Water, 0.03 parts, was then added and the
mixture was heated for 5.5 hours at about 80C. The
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s CP3SO3H was neutralized with 2.5 parts of Na2C03 and
st:irring was continued at 80C. for an additional 1 hour.
The mixture was filtered and stripped at 150C. and less
than 5 mm. of mercury pressure (667 pascal). The non-
volatile fluid had a viscosity of 1.62 pascal-seconds ;~
and consisted of 0.78 mole percent (CH3)3SiOl/2 units,
94.26 mole percent (CH3)2SiO units and 4.96 mole percent
CH3(HSCH2CH2CH2)SiO units. Thus, the silicon-bonded
organic radicals of the non-volatile fluid consisted of
2.47 percent HSCH2CH2CH2- radicals and 97.53 percent
CH3- radicals.
ExamPle 2
Several silicone polymers consisting of 5 mole
percent of CH3~HSCH2CH2CH2)SiO units and 95 mole percent
of (CH3)2SiO units and being endblocked with (CH3)3SiOl/2
units were prepared which had various viscosities.
Approximately 2.5 percent of all organic radicals in
the polymers were mercaptopropyl Ninety-seven parts
of each polymer was mixed with 1.5 parts of benzophenone
at 55C. The resulting mixtures were then cooled and
mixed with 3 parts of [CH3(CH2=CH)SiO]z where z had a
value of from 4 to 8 inclusive, thereby providing
approximately 0.56 vinyl radicals for every mercaptopropyl
radical, to produce radiation-curable formulations.
The stability of each curable formulation was
determined to be greater than 2 days by noting the length
of time at room temperature that elapsed after mixing
until the formulation gelled.
Each formulation was coated onto 40 pound
supercalendared Kraft paper using a blade coater to give
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approximately 0.7 pounds of coating per 3000 square feet
of pàper surface tl.l g/m2). The coating was exposed
at a distance of approximately 80 mm for 1.6 seconds
to two 20 inch (0.51 m) Hanovia medium pressure lamps
having an input of 200 watts/inch (7.8 kW/m), an output
of 1.4 kW/m in the ultraviolet and a U.V. maximum at
366 nm. The coating was considered to be cured if a piece
of Scotch~ tape would stick to itself after having first
been adhered to the coating and then removed and doubled -
back on itself. All coatings passed this cure test. The
adhesion of each cured formulation to the paper was
determined by rubbing the cured coating with the index
finger. Adhesion was deemed preferred if no rub-off occurred.
All coatings passed this test for preferred adhesion.
Bach cured formulation was prepared for release
testing according to the following procedure. After being
aged overnight at room temperature the cured coating was
coated with adhesive using a solution of Monsanto~ GMS-263
acrylic adhesive. In certain cases the cured coating
was coated with adhesive immediately after being cured.
The acrylic adhesive solution was applied to the cured
coating at a wet thickness of 3 mils (76.2 ~m) using a Bird
Bar. The applied adhesive was air-dried at room temperature
for one minute, heated at 65C. for one minute and then
cooled to room temperature again for 1 minute. A sheet of
60 pound Matte Litho was applied to the dried adhesive
and the resulting laminate was pressed through two
rolls of an off-sr;t printer and aged for 20 hours at
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Release testing of the laminates was
accomplished by cooling the aged laminates to room
temperature, cutting the cooled laminates into 1 inch
(25.4 mm) strips and pulling the Matte/adhesive lamina
from the Kraft paper/coating lamina at an angle of
180 (~ radians) at 400 inches/minute (0.17 m/s). The
force, in grams per inch, that was required to separate
the laminae was noted. A composition that results in a
release value of no more than 38.61 N/m using this test is
considered to display premium release.
Table I summarizes the release values tconverted
from grams/inch to newtons/meter) that were obtained
for the several cured formulations. Note that formulations
1 to 6 (except formulation 4 when laminated immediately)
produced a coating that released the aggressive acrylic
adhesive (GMS-263) with a force of no more than 38.61
N/m and are therefore regarded as premium release coatings.
For comparison, formulations 7 and 8 of Table
I were prepared, consisting of the same mercaptopropyl-
containing silicone polymer but having viscosities of
6.45 and 1.62 Pa-s, respectively and containing
the same concentration of benzophenone. These polymers
were mixed with trimethylsiloxane-endblocked polydiorgano-
siloxanes consisting of 5 mole percent of CH3(CH2=CH)SiO
units and 95 mole percent of (CH3)2SiO units and having
viscosities of 5.7 and 1.7 Pa-s, respectively so that
there was approximately 0.5 vinyl radicals for every
mercaptopropyl radical in the mixtures. These mixtures
were stabilized with 250 parts of p-methoxyphenol per one
million parts of the mixture and the stabilized mixtures
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were coated onto 40 pound Kraft paper using a Model 1250
Multilith off-set printer to give 1.1 g/m2 of coating on
the paper~ The coated paper was processed as above and
tested, The coatings were found to be cured, and adhesion
to the Kraft paper was satisfactory but rub-off was noted.
Furthermore, the cured coatings released aggressive acrylic
adhesives with a force of 59.07 and 43.63 N/m, respectively.
Immediate lamination of formulations 7 and 8 was not -
done.
Example 3
Radiation-curable formulations similar to the
radiation-curable formulations of this invention that are
described in Example 2 were prepared except that the
trimethylsiloxane-endblocked silicone polymer consisted
of 3 mole percent of CH3(HSCH2CH2CH2)SiO units and 97
mole percent of (CH3)2SiO units. One formulation wherein
the silicone polymer had a viscosity of 1.40 Pa-s cured
to a no-rub-off coating on Kraft paper that released
aggressive acrylic adhesive with a force of 38.61 N/m
when laminated after 1 day and 32.82 N/m when laminated
immediately. Another formulation wherein the silicone
polymer had a viscosity of 0.80 Pa-s cured to a no-rub-off
coating on Kraft paper that released aggressive acrylic
adhesive with a force of 25.10 N/m when laminated after
1 day of aging and 30.89 N/m when laminated immediately.
Silicone polymers having viscosities of 1.50
and 0 90 Pa-s and having 0.97 percent HSCH2CH2CH2- radicals
and 99.03 percent CH3- radicals were used to prepare
radiation-curable polydiorganosiloxane compositions. When
the compositions were prepared, cured and tested according
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to the method of Example 2, the coatings did not pass
the cure test, although they did release aggressive
ac:rylic adhesive with a force of 27.03 and 21.23 N/m,
r~spectively, when laminated after 1 day of aging.
Example 4
Formulations 1, 2, 3, and 4 of Example 2, Table I
were applied to polyethylene-coated Kraft paper using a
blade coater to apply approximately 0.2 grams of coating
per square meter of paper surface. The applied coatings
were cured, aged for 1 day, laminated with GMS-263 aggressive
acrylic adhesive and tested as in Example 2. All coatings
cured satisfactorily and had good adhesion to the polyethylene-
coated paper. Release forces for the formulations varied
from 28.96 to 34.75 N/m.
Pormulations 1, 2, 3, and 4 o Example 2, Table I
were also applied to Hudson Clay-coated Kraft paper at levels
of approximately 0.6 g/m2. Release values for formulations 1,
2, and 3 were 38.61, 42.47, and 57.91 N/m, respectively.
Formulation 4 would not release the Matte/adhesive lamina
before the lamina tore.
Example 5
Formulation 4 of Example 2, Table I was applied
to 40 pound supercalendared Kraft paper using a Model 250
Multilith off-set printer to give a coverage of approximately
1.1 g/m2. The coating was cured, laminated immediately
with GMS-263 aggressive acrylic adhesive and tested as in
Example 2. A release value of 30.89 N/m was observed.
Example 6
Formulation 4 of Example 2, Table I was applied
to 40 pound supercalendared Kraft paper using a blade
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coater to give a coverage of approximately 1.1 g/m2.
The coating was cured with two Hanovia lamps in three different ~-
atmospheres, i.e. in air, in nitrogen and with a combination
of one U.V. lamp in air and one U.V. lamp in nitrogen. The
minimum amount of time that was required to cure the
coating was noted and the release force required to
release GMS-263 aggressive acrylic adhesive, that was
applied after aging of the release coating for one day, was -
measured. A nitrogen-only atmosphere permitted rapid
cure but resulted in coatings that could be rubbed off.
An air-only atmosphere required the longest minimum cure -
time but provided coatings that did not rub off. The
combination air-nitrogen atmospheres allowed an intermediate
cure time and gave coatings that did not rub off. Table II
presents these data and the release forces that were
measured.
Example 7
The testing of formulation 4 of Table I was
repeated as in Fxample 2 except that the amount o~
[CH3~CH2=CH)SiO]z was varied from approximately 1.8 to 18
parts per 100 parts of the mixture. The ratio of the number
of vinyl radicals to number of mercaptopropyl radicals in
the formulation varied from 0.4 to 4. The formulations
wherein the ratio of vinyl radicals to mercaptopropyl
radicals was approximately 1 or less gave cured coatings
that displayed premium release of aggressive acrylic
adhesive. Formulations wherein said ratio was 2 or 4
gave higher release values. Table III summarizes the
release values that were obtained with Monsanto's~
GMS-263 acrylic adhesive and with a non-acrylic adhesive,
National Starch's~ 36-6045 SBR adhesive.
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Example 8
A trimethylsiloxane-endblocked polydiorgano-
siloxane having 5 mole percent CH3(HSCH2CH2CH2)SiO units ;~
and 95 mole percent (CH3)2SiO units and having a viscosity
of approximately 1.50 Pa-s was mixed with [CH3(CH2=CH)SiO]4 8
so that there was approximately 0.5 vinyl radicals for
every mercaptopropyl radical. The mixture was applied
to paper at a coating weight of 1.1 g/m and cured with
0.25 megarads of 2 MV electron radiation. The cured
coating was aged, laminated and tested as in Example 2.
A release value of 15.44 N/m was observed for GMS-263
adhesive.
Example 9
Ninety-seven parts o~ the polydiorganosiloxane
o Example 8 having 5 mole percent CH3(HSCH2CH2CH2)SiO
units was mixed with 1.5 parts poly(methylvinylsiloxane)
having approximately 10 silicon atoms. The resulting
radiation-curable mixture contained approximately 0.5
vinyl radicals for every mercaptopropyl group. The
mixture was coated onto Kraft paper and was cured to a
no-smear, no-migration, no-rub-off coating as in Example 2.
The cured coating was aged overnight at room temperature,
laminated with GMS-263 adhesive and aged at 70C. for
20 hours, as in Example 2. Release testing gave a release
value of 28.96 N/m.
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